Cheltenham Borough Council elections

Half of Cheltenham Borough Council is the local authority for Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Half the council is elected every two years, while before 2002 the council was elected by thirds. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 40 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1976 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1979 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1984 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1986 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1987 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1988 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1990 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1991 Cheltenham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)^[3][4][5]
• 1992 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1994 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1995 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1996 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1998 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 1999 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2000 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2002 Cheltenham Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[6][7]
• 2004 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2006 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2008 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2010 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2012 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2014 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2021 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election
• 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)^[8]

Borough result maps

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  2006 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2024 results map

Changes between elections

1986–1990

Hesters Way By-Election 20 October 1988^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Lloyd	1,353	58.4	+10.9
	Conservative	Nigel Ball	658	28.4	−5.7
	Labour	Ian Whyte	307	13.2	−5.3
Majority			695	30.0
Turnout			2,318	32.13
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown By-Election 8 December 1988^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Miles	895	53.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Gray	694	41.5	+11.1
	Labour	Robert Irons	85	5.1	−6.6
Majority			201	12.0
Turnout			1,674	27.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998–2002

Swindon Village By-Election 28 May 1998^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Joanna McVeagh	239	39.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charmain Sheppard	218	36.2	−13.1
	Conservative	Barbara Driver	146	24.2	+12.2
Majority			21	3.4
Turnout			603	41.7
	PAB gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Prestbury By-Election 2 November 2000^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Diane Hibbert	786	59.2	+0.5
	Conservative	Tess Neale	344	25.9	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	161	12.1	+4.2
	Labour	Edward Hemmings	37	2.8	+2.8
Majority			625	33.3
Turnout			1,328	22.0
	PAB gain from Conservative		Swing

2002–2006

Charlton Kings By-Election 22 January 2004^[12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Ryder	857	47.0	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan White	833	45.7	+9.1
	Green	Caroline Griffiths	84	4.6	−2.2
	Labour	Denis Williams	49	2.7	−3.6
Majority			24	1.3
Turnout			1,823	42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006–2010

All Saints By-Election 30 July 2009^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Stewart	680	58.2	−0.9
	Conservative	Emma Logan	395	33.8	+0.2
	Green	Cathy Green	59	4.9	+0.4
	Labour	John Phipps	37	3.2	+0.3
Majority			285	24.4
Turnout			1,169	27.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2010–2014

Springbank By-Election 28 October 2010^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Coleman	722	66.4	−2.9
	Conservative	Mireille Weller	188	17.3	−13.4
	Labour	Clive Harriss	142	13.1	+13.1
	Green	Jon Stubbings	35	3.2	+3.2
Majority			534	49.1
Turnout			1,087
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warden Hill By-Election 2 May 2013^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Ryder	852	53.7	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Oliver	735	46.3	+24.9
Majority			117	7.5
Turnout			1,587	37.49
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2014–2018

Battledown By-Election 7 May 2015 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Savage	1,477	47.1	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCloskey	1,037	33.0	−8.9
	Green	Roberta Smart	243	7.7	N/A
	Labour	Helen Pemberton	200	6.4	N/A
	UKIP	Elizabeth Roberts	181	5.8	−6.3
Majority			440	14.1
Turnout			3,138	74
	Conservative hold		Swing

All Saints By-Election 4 May 2017^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Hegenbarth	806	51.9	−0.6
	Conservative	Ben Carlton	512	33.0	+4.4
	Green	Adrian Becker	130	8.4	+1.1
	Labour	Joanna Hughes	105	6.8	−4.8
Majority			294	18.9
Turnout			1,553	38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2022–2024

Battledown By-Election 9 February 2023^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Chidley	877	52.0	+11.2
	Conservative	Marcia Mary Jacko	609	36.1	−10.3
	Green	Ian Alexander Cameron	156	9.3	−3.5
	Labour	Caroline Adele Gavin	43	2.6	N/A
Majority			268	15.9
Turnout			1,690	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Prestbury By-Election 12 October 2023^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Stan Smith	644	37.2	−8.5
	Green	Jan Foster	484	27.9	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ingram	346	20.0	+5.4
	Conservative	Laura Kennedy	258	14.9	−6.5
Majority			160	9.2
Turnout			1,732
	PAB hold		Swing

2024–2026

Charlton Kings By-Election 1 May 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Healy	869	48.2
	Conservative	Matt Babbage	696	38.6
	Green	Karen Celia Wilson	193	10.7
	Labour	Malcolm Bride	46	2.5
Majority			173	9.6
Turnout			1,838	41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing